Absentee voting; qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason, special provisions for military. (HB1621)

Introduced By

Del. Rosalyn Dance (D-Petersburg)

Rosalyn Dance (D-Petersburg)
Served: 2005–

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
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 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Elections; absentee voting. Provides that qualified voters may vote absentee for any reason. The bill eliminates the present statutory list of specific reasons entitling a voter to cast an absentee ballot. Several special provisions concerning military and overseas absentee voters and disabled voters are consolidated in two new provisions.   View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed
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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/15/2009, 01/15/2009, 01/19/2009, 01/19/2009 and 02/10/2009.

Identical Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB1010

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